Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion

Mr. Conor O'Connell:

I would just like to make a closing point on the move away from a demand-led model, which in our opinion is there at the moment, to a predictive model.

We are looking at a situation where hopefully, the war in Ukraine ends sooner rather than later but that is probably going to require one of the most significant reconstruction projects in Europe. There is going to be a need for everyone involved in infrastructure to forward-plan for the eventuality of severe issues, as predicted by some, around the supply of certain materials, including transformers, mini pillar boxes, steel etc. We all need to look at future supply chains and how to secure those.

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